Scope of crime and vandalism on urban transit systems. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1974.

Research that attempts to quantify the extent and seriousness of crime and vandalism on urban transportation systems, is reported. The study included data from 37 U.S. transit systems. A transit exposure index to compute the risk of being involved in a criminal incident when riding on public transit is developed.